Messing with Mother Nature
The old saying, "Birds of a feather, flock together" holds true with animal lovers. We all tend to stick to each other like glue and the major topic of conversation always ends of being about animals.
I have a friend who communicates with animals. Twice this week she has run into situations where people try and do good things, that end up badly.
The first was a small baby squirrel. She saw him outside her office and watched him while a co-worker was talking on the phone. The baby squirrel kept trying to run up to the person and was terrribly confused. He didn't understand why the man was not paying attention to him.
He had obviously been raised by hand by someone, and then turned loose to fend for himself. The problem was, he was very bonded to humans, so was looking to them for guidance. I can only hope he finds his way with the other squirrels. This is one of the reasons wildlife rehabilitators discourage picking up baby animals, especially when you have no idea what you are doing.
The second case had to do with feral cats. Now, we all have our own ideas on what should happen with ferals, but someone removed 2 newborn kittens from outside where a feral cat had hidden them. Thinking they were doing the right thing, they took them home and tried to care for them. Newborn kittens are a lot of work, and in the end she had to find someone else to take them to try and keep them alive. I say, she should have left them for the feral mom to care for, contacted ARC and their volunteers on helping set a trap and gone from there.
There used to be a commercial on television when I was a kid and the punch line was, "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature." I agree.
I have a friend who communicates with animals. Twice this week she has run into situations where people try and do good things, that end up badly.
The first was a small baby squirrel. She saw him outside her office and watched him while a co-worker was talking on the phone. The baby squirrel kept trying to run up to the person and was terrribly confused. He didn't understand why the man was not paying attention to him.
He had obviously been raised by hand by someone, and then turned loose to fend for himself. The problem was, he was very bonded to humans, so was looking to them for guidance. I can only hope he finds his way with the other squirrels. This is one of the reasons wildlife rehabilitators discourage picking up baby animals, especially when you have no idea what you are doing.
The second case had to do with feral cats. Now, we all have our own ideas on what should happen with ferals, but someone removed 2 newborn kittens from outside where a feral cat had hidden them. Thinking they were doing the right thing, they took them home and tried to care for them. Newborn kittens are a lot of work, and in the end she had to find someone else to take them to try and keep them alive. I say, she should have left them for the feral mom to care for, contacted ARC and their volunteers on helping set a trap and gone from there.
There used to be a commercial on television when I was a kid and the punch line was, "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature." I agree.
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